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Daily Dish: 2/21/2013

From left, Ted Dwane, Marcus Mumford, Country Winston and Ben Lovett of British band Mumford and Sons arrive Wednesday at the BRIT Awards at the o2 Arena in London. AP PHOTO

Shia LaBeouf pulls out of Broadway debut

Shia LaBeouf is pulling the plug on his Broadway debut.

The star of the "Transformers" franchise had been slated to appear opposite Alec Baldwin in "Orphans" but producers said Wednesday that LaBeouf would not be continuing "due to creative differences."

The play by Lyle Kessler, which premiered in 1983, tells the story of two orphaned brothers living in a decrepit Philadelphia row house who decide to kidnap a wealthy man. LaBeouf played one brother and Baldwin the target.

"Orphans" opens March 19 at the Schoenfeld Theatre, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Producers said an announcement on LaBeouf's replacement would be made soon.

LaBeouf, whose films include "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," was most recently seen in John Hillcoat's crime drama "Lawless."

Jane Lynch to star on Broadway in 'Annie'

Jane Lynch has something to be gleeful about -- she's about to make her Broadway debut.

The "Glee" star said Wednesday she'll be replacing Tony Award-winning actress Katie Finneran as the evil orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in the current revival of "Annie."

Lynch, a veteran of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will play Hannigan for eight weeks from May 16 through July 14. Finneran will depart to film a new NBC comedy series with Michael J. Fox.

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Lynch has an Emmy and Golden Globe for playing the track-suited, glee-club-hating cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on "Glee." Her film credits include "Wreck-It Ralph," "Three Stooges," "The 40 Year old Virgin" and "A Mighty Wind."

Fergie and husband Duhamel study up on parenting

Actor Josh Duhamel and his wife, Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie, have already started doing their homework as they prepare to welcome their first child.

Duhamel tells the Associated Press the couple is "very excited" and that friends and family are passing on pregnancy advice.

He says Fergie is reading "What to Expect When You're Expecting," while he has started "The Expectant Father."

Duhamel adds: "There's not a lot of pictures, though. I like a book with pictures."

Fergie, the 37-year-old whose real name is Stacy Ferguson, married Duhamel in 2009. Their baby is due this summer.

Duhamel, 40, has appeared in the "Transformers" films and can be seen in romantic drama "Safe Haven."

Autopsy confirms Mindy McCready's death as suicide

Authorities in Arkansas say preliminary autopsy results confirm country music singer Mindy McCready's death was a suicide.

The Cleburne County sheriff said in a statement Wednesday that preliminary autopsy results from Arkansas' state crime lab show McCready's death was a suicide from a single gunshot wound to the head.

Investigators have said McCready apparently shot and killed her late boyfriend's dog before she turned the gun on herself Sunday at her home in Heber Springs, Ark. Authorities found McCready's body and the dog on the front porch where her longtime boyfriend, musician David Wilson, died last month of a gunshot wound to the head.

Authorities are investigating Wilson's death as a suicide but they haven't determined an official cause of death yet.

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